Zuniceratops christopheri
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zuniceratops 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (90.9–88.6 Mya)
- Place
- United States · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Zuniceratops (‘Zuni horned face’) is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaurs that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now New Mexico, United States. Only a single species is known, Zuniceratops christopheri.
What we know
- Named by Wolfe & Kirkland, 1998.
- Fossils found in United States and Mexico.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Zuniceratops — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.